1
What detective debuted in A Study in Scarlet?
Sherlock Holmes
What natural phenomenon kills more people than any other?
Lightning
What's the largest corporation in America?
Exxon
What is the royal dog of China?
The Pekingese
What judge told his side of Watergate in To Set the Record Stright?
John Sirica
Where were the 1900 Olympics held?
Paris
What phenomenon appeared the day Mark Twain was born and the day he died?
Halley's comet
What was Mae West's last film?
Sextet
What nationality say's spasibo for thank you?
Russian
What disease is carcinomaphobia the fear of?
Cancer
What were doped cards to a cowboys in the Old West?
A marked deck
What U.S. state has the second- longest coastline?
Florida
What must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom?
The speed of sound
What's the national anthem of France?
La Marseillaise
What's the most intelligent creature on Earth after man?
Chimpanzees and bottlenose dolphins
What tower is topped by Big Ben?
Elizabeth Tower (formerly known as the Clock Tower)
Which pole gets more sunlight, the North pole or the South pole?
The North Pole
Who took 18 days to write the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who starred as Gilda opposite Glenn Ford?
Rita Hayworth
Who was the first American world chess champion?
Bobby Fischer
What is predicted to topple over between 2010 and 2020?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Who did the talking for the U.S. at the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Adlai Stevenson
How many of the animal's legs must a cowboy tie in a calf-roping contest?
Three
What U.S. vice- president killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Aaron Burr
What state is Mount McKinley in?
Alaska
Who asked Matilda to go a-waltzing?
A jolly swagman
What's the site of the annual All-American Soap Box Derby?
Akron, Ohio
How many feet make a mile?
5,280
What nationality were the 123 people who died in the Black Hole of Calcutta?
British
What's the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
who led the revolt to Roman slaves and gladiators in A.D 73?
Spartacus
Where was El Greco born?
Greece
What French district produces Graves, Medoc and St. Emilion wines?
Bordeaux
Who was the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes?
Roger Bannister
What was the shape of Lolita's sunglasses in the 1962 film?
Hearts
Who were the first U.S. civilians to be executed for espionage?
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg
What color are Venetian gondolas, expect those of high public officials?
Black
What two teams joined baseball's America League in 1977?
The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays
What is Butterfield 8 in Butterfield 8?
Telephone exchange 288
Who's Eydie Gorme's husband?
Steve Lawrence
What Edward Albee play centers on George and Martha, a childless couple?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Who founded the DeBeers Mining Company and used his wealth to give a scholarship at Oxford University?
Cecil Rhodes
Who tramped through Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth?
Juan Ponce d Leon
What is the world's largest coral reef?
The Great Barrier Reef
What phrase did the Nazis adopt in the 1920's to label their new order?
The Third Reich
What time was it when the mouse ran up the clock?
One o'clock
Who's the sister-actress of Joan Fontaine?
Olivia de Havilland
What was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?
Saigon
How many logarithmic scales are there on a slide rule?
Two
Who delivered his last newscast on March 6, 1981?
Walter Cronkite
What is the nearest galaxy to our own?
Andromeda
Who was Lancelot's son in Arthurian legend?
Galahad
What colour is produced by the complete absorption of light rays?
Black
Who was the announcer on The Jake Benny Show?
Don Wilson
What European capital boasts the Luxembourg Garden?
Paris
What's the zodiacal symbol for Sagittarius?
The Archer
What Italian explorer is buried in the Dominican Republic?
Christopher Columbus
Where do Broadway actors traditionally celebrate opening night?
Sardi's
What tennis star wrote the book Court Hustler?
Bobby Riggs
What war added camouflage, scrounge and zero hour to the English language?
World War I
What city did the Atlanta Braves transfer from for the 1966 baseball season?
Milwaukee
Which mean on a roast turkey has more calories, white or dark?
Dark
What track and field event can you use the scissors in?
The high jump
How many U.S. presidents were assassinated during Queen Victoria's reigen?
Two
What film account of the liberation of Paris was written by Francis Ford Coppola and Gore Vidal?
Is Paris Burning?
Who was the first man to win three consecutive Wimbledon singles tennis titles?
Fred Perry
What dutiful detective does Li'l Abner worship?
Fearless Fosdick
Who was West German chancellor from 1949 to 1963?
Konrad Adenauer
Where in London are the Crown Jewels kept?
The Tower of london
What fruit is packed with the most calories?
The avocado
Where is Guggenheim Museum?
New York City
Who set a record for golf earning in 1963 without winning a national title?
Arnold Palmer
What's the most common surname in Sweden?
Johansson
What future war was described in a 1978 best- seller by General Sir John Hackett and others?
The Third World War
What year was Paris liberated?
1944
What two centuries lie on opposite sides of the Juan de Fuca Strait?
Canada and the U.S.
What's the Big Bang said to have created?
The universe
What's Marshall McLuhan's Message?
The medium
Who portrayed Field Erwin Rommel in The Desert Fox?
James Mason
How many points are there in a perfect three- dart throw?
180
Who was the first director of the Peace Corps?
Sargent Shriver
What country does the tourist mecca of Bali belong to?
Indonesia
Where did the kids sit on the TV's Howdy Doody Time?
The Peanut Gallery
What golfing accessory was patented by George Grant on Dec. 12, 1899?
The tee
What's the biggest- selling U.S. magazine aimed at a black audience?
Ebony
What room did W.C. Fields keep his library in?
The bathroom
What baseball position are you playing if you're in the corn?
The outfield
What plant is rum made from?
Sugar cane
What U.S, Congressman said: "Keep the faith, Baby"?
Adam Clayton Powell
What's the national airline of Australia?
Qantas
What school did the eight members on Mary McCarthy's The Group attended?
Vassar
What small New York City nightclub saw the origin of the Twist?
The Peppermint Lounge
What was the marital song of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War?
I Wish I Was in Dixie Land
What's the name of Dagwood Bumstead's dog?
Daisy
What letter is to the left of G on a typewriter keyboard?
F
What religion did Adolf Hitler profess?
Roman Catholicism
What country is saddled with the 10 coldest major cities?
Russia
What culinary expert was known as The Mother of Level Measurements?
Fannie Farmer
Who was Time's Man of the Year for 1938?
Adolf Hitler
Who portrayed Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men?
Dustin Hoffman